2014 Chinese New Year

The
first day of the 2014 Chinese New Year is on January 31, 2014
in China's time zone. This day is a new moon day, and is the first day of
the
first Chinese lunar month
in the Chinese Lunar Calendar system. The exact new moon time is at 05:39 a.m. on
31-Jan-2014 in China's time zone.

The Year 2014 is the 4711th Chinese year.
The Chinese believe that the first king of China was the Yellow King (he was not
the first emperor of China). The Yellow King became king in 2697 B.C., therefore
China will enter the 4711th year on January 31, 2014. Also, the Chinese Year
uses the cycle of 60 Stem-Branch counting systems and the Green Wood Horse is
the 31st Stem-Branch in the cycle. Since (60 *78) + 31 = 4711, therefore 2014 is
the Wooden Horse year, which is the 4711th Chinese Year.

2014 is the year of Horse. Some people say 2014 is a Green Horse or
Wooden Horse year. This is because the Stem-Branch
Calendar is connected to the Five Element theory. Chinese calendars used the
Stem-Branch system to count the days, months and years. There are 10 Stems
and 12 Branches in this system. Stems are named by the Yin-Yang and Five
Elements (Metal, Water, Wood, Fire and Earth). The Stem sequence order is
Yang Wood, Yin Wood, Yang Fire, Yin Fire, Yang Earth, Yin Earth, Yang Metal, Yin
Metal, Yang Water and Yin Water. Branches use animal names.

The Branch sequence order is
Rat, Cow, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Chicken, Dog and
Pig. Stem and Branch are used together to form a cycle of 60 counting systems
which begin with Wooden
Rat and end with
Water
Pig. You can see the entire sequence from the
Chinese
New Year's page. From 1924 to 1983 is a complete cycle. Year 2014 is Male
Wood Horsethe
31st of the Stem-Branch in the system. Because Wood is connected to Tree or
Greenin the
Five-Element system, Year 2014 is also called the
Green Horseyear.

2014 Year of Horse

Horse
is one of Chinese favorite animals. Horse provides people quick
transportation before automobiles, so people can quickly reach
their destinations. Horse even can help people to win the battle. Therefore Horse is a symbol of traveling,
competition and victory. That's why Horse is connected to speedy success in
China.

Horses like to compete with others. They pursuit for their freedom, passion and
leadership. That implies that people will have busy schedule for their goals in the year
of Horse. Horse hour of Chinese Horoscopes is from 11 A.M. to 1 P.M. Sunshine
generates lots of heat during the Horse hour. Therefore, horse is connected to heat,
fire and red. Horses like the social activities,
because horses like show off themselves.
Since horse is a social animal and red is also connected to love, therefore. horse
is treated as a Romantic Star in Chinese Horoscope.

Dragon and Horse are auspicious symbols to Chinese. Chinese said that the
best flyer is the sky is Dragon and the best runner on the ground is Horse.
Dragon and Horse are the symbols of high-rank, outstanding, noble and
leadership. Chinese history book said Horse has 30 percents of Dragon
personality. More than 8-foot tall Horse is called Dragon-Horse. There was a
Dragon-Horse jumped out of the Yellow River almost 5000 years ago.
Fu Xi
saw that Dragon-Horse had a diagram on its horseback,
which
inspired him to invent the I-Ching Pre-Heaven Pa- Kua. Chinese civilization began
to take off since that. Chinese sometimes encourage people using the Spirit of
the Dragon-Horse. Dragon-Horse Spirit doesn't mean only a person with
full energy as the Dragon-Horse, but also, a person pushing himself to
transcend
his potential to hold the leadership.

Every Chinese dynasty, Chinese look for sturdy and
beautiful stallions. The stallion must be tall and be able to outrun
other horses. If the stallion can run one-thousand-Chinese-mile
(about 312 miles) a day, then it called one-thousand-Chinese-mile Horse, which
means winged steed. One-thousand-Chinese-mile Horses can help the emperors to
conquer the nation. Also, a winged steed can save the master's life by running
away swiftly, if the master cannot fight with the enemy. Today, when a person is called one-thousand-Chinese-mile Horse,
that means the person is a hard-to-find, outstanding, experienced elite and
knows how to run the business.

One of famous one-thousand-Chinese-mile Horses in China is called
Sweat-Blood Horse. They said the sweat of Sweat-Blood Horse is red, when it
runs in high speed for a while. According to the study, Sweat-Blood Horse was a Turkmenistan horse breed.
One Chinese emperor sent more than 50 thousand soldiers to Turkmenistan to bring
back a thousand of Sweat-Blood Horses. But only half of horses arrived China
alive.

Genghis Khan built the Mongol Empire by horses.
The Mongol Horses were a smaller breed, they were bred for endurance, not
for speed like stallions. Genghis Khan conquered Eastern Europe so quickly.
Because Eastern European countries never realized Mongol cavalry can arrive their
territories so fast and they didn't have enough time to prepare the defense.
They said each Mongol cavalryman had three or four horses. They will change
another horse when one got tired. So Mongolian horses can take turn and get some
rest. Mongol cavalryman even knew how to sleep in the saddle. That's why they
can travel long distances without stopping. We know horses can sleep while
standing. Mongolian
horses have a better sleeping skill. When they ran in a group, the horse in the
center can sleep while running.

Horse is intelligent animal. Horses need to be trained to become useful to
human. Human can make Horse famous. Without human's guide, Horse just a wild
animal. It doesn't know where to go. There is no destination in its life.

Chinese
Pictographic Character - Horse

Chinese character Wu using in the astrology calendar means noon, not horse. The traditional Chinese character of the horse is Ma. There is no good explanation for why ancient Chinese selected Horse as the nickname of Wu.
The invention of Chinese Horse character is quite interesting. The detail about
horse Chinese characters
is at Chinese Pictographic Characters -
Horse

Chinese New Year Festival and Parade

The schedule Chinese New Year Festival and Parade in US major Chinatowns
usually is on the weekend before or after Chinese New Year Day. You need to
check the schedule at the
Lunar New Year Parade Location and Schedule page.

2014 Chinese New Year Day is
on January 31, 2014
the Astrological Year of Horse begins on February 4, 2014

2014 Chinese Lantern Festival is Valentine's Day

The 15th lunar day of Chinese New Year is the Chinese Lantern Festival. Chinese
New Year is on January 31, 2014. Therefore, the Chinese Lantern Festival is on
February 14, 2014, which is the Valentine's Day.

People like to ask friends to see lantern displays together at the night of the
lantern festival in China. Chinese Lantern Festival is one of Chinese
Valentine's Days.

February 14, 2014 is also a Full Moon Day in US time zones. 2014 Valentine's Day
will be a romantic night for people in love. More information at
2014 Full Moon Valentine.

2014 Year of Horse - Lunar Calendar and Astrology Calendar

The new moon date is the first day of the lunar month. The new moon time of the
Tiger month of 2014 is at 16:39 p.m. on 30-Jan-2014 in US Eastern time zone. The
new moon time of the Tiger month of 2014 is at 13:39 p.m. on 30-Jan-2014 in US
Pacific time zone. Therefore, the Chinese New Year Day
for US time zones is on January 30, 2014, not January 31, 2014.
People in US don't have to wait for one day to celebrate Chinese New Year Day.

In the Chinese Fortune-Telling calendar, the first day of the first month,
Tiger month, is called "Start of Spring",
which is when the sun enters the 315th degree on the tropical zodiac. In the
China's time zone, the time of the Start of Spring
is at Feb-04 06:04. So the first day of the Green Horse astrological year 2014 is on
04-Feb-2014.

However, the time of the Start of Spring
in US Eastern Standard time is at Feb-03 17:04. The Start of Spring
time in US Pacific Standard time is at Feb-03 14:04. So the first day of the
Green Horse astrological year 2014 is on 03-Feb-2014 in US time zones.

The Chinese New Year Day of 2014 is on January 31, 2014. It's 4 days
before the first day of the astrology calendar
in 2014. There is a very common misconception that the
astrology animal signs begin on the Chinese New Year day in many Internet sites. Actually,
the Astrology
animal signs begin from the Start of Spring,the first day of
the astrological year. For example, if a baby was born one day after the Chinese New Year Day
in 2014, then its animal sign is the Snake, not Horse, because the
birthday is before the Start of Spring. If you are still confused about
your animal sign, we have an Animal Sign page for
people to verify their Chinese birth year animal signs.

2014 Chinese Horoscope Forecast

To forecast our luck in the coming years, we first have to know what elements
and animals are in our Birth Chart from Find Your Lucky
Element page.

2014 is the year of
Male Wood Horse. Horse mainly contains Fire. Therefore, the Wood and Fire are
the key factors to determine people's fortune in 2014.

Wood can help Fire to burn. So Fire of 2014 is quite strong. Fire could melt
the Metal. Metal is afraid of Fire. If your Lucky Element is Metal, then you
might encounter some unexpected troubles and you need to handle alone without
help in 2014. Fire and Water are opposite elements, If your Lucky Element is
Water, then your luck won't be better than 2013, Water Snake year. If your Lucky
Element is Fire, then the fortune is coming toward you. You need to prepare for
it and don't miss the golden opportunity in the Green Horse year.

Horse is a speedy animal. When something good or bad happens, it will come
very quickly. It's same to the love relationship. Horse is a Romantic Star to
many people. If you are single, you can increase your social activities. Horse
will keep you busy and help you to find a great friendship. If you are in love, then it's good time to build deeper relationship.

Spring is the season of Wood. If your Lucky Element is Wood, then you will do
well in the beginning of the Horse Year. Wood will help Fire to bring up the
heat. Summer is the season of Fire. If Fire is your Lucky Element. summer will
be your best months of the year. You can ride on the horseback and head for your
goal. You will see you destination and enjoy your result in the fall. If your
Lucky Element is Metal, then we have to wait for the heat of Fire cooling down
to see your luck, If Lucky Element is Water, then you have to wait till the
Winter time when the temperature turns cold.

People are always want to know which days their luck will come. To
determine the coming of good luck, we need to study the Stems and Branches
relationships among Daily, Monthly, Yearly, Current Major Cycles and the Birth
Chart.

There is an easy and simple way to find your really lucky day. First, the
current Year must mainly contain your Lucky Element. Next, you look for the
Month that mostly contains your Lucky Element in the Stem and Branch systems.
After this, look for days that will contain majority of your Lucky Element. The theory is that
Year brings Lucky Element into the Month; Month gathers the energy of Lucky
Element and Day triggers the luck out. To find the Five Elements on certain
months or dates, click on the following links. The easiest way to learn more
about your lucky Elements and days is from the Chinese Fortune Angel astrology software.

It requires many steps to foresee your fortune from our web site. To make it
easy for you, we have created a
Free Daily Chinese Astrology for you. When 2014 comes, then you can see
the Chinese Astrology prediction for your daily, monthly and yearly cycles. Our Chinese Astrology focuses on your Money, Career and
Fame.

You are welcome to visit our site daily. We recommend that you come to check
your fortune every month.

Unlucky directions are
2
(Black) is connected to Illness and Sick.
3 (Green) is connected to Quarrel, Dispute, Lawsuit.
5 (Yellow) is connected to Sick, Trouble, Bad Luck.
7 (Red) is connected to Robbery, Villain.
The most unlucky direction is Yellow 5 at Northwest Corner. Do not have any
remodeling in the northwest area of your house.